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This is the 2003 version of the
Bologna process information page.
Please
follow the link to
UPDATED Bologna page
Bologna process Updated August 2003
Bologna process = process of creation of the European Higher Education Area
About Bologna process in shortKey political documents of the Bologna process
Berlin Communiqué of Ministers (19.09.2003) !
Reports reflecting Bologna process:
- Trends reports
- Other reports and surveys for the Bologna process
- Country reports reflecting national implementation of Bologna process
Results of Bologna - relevant seminars and conferences:
New international legal tools for recognition
See also:
Calendar of events between Prague and Berlin
Council of Europe activities related to the Bologna process
EU activities and support to the Bologna process
Bologna-Berlin website
About Bologna process in shortBologna process is the process of creation of the European Higher Education Area.
The process started on June 19, 1999 when 29 European Ministers responsible for higher education signed the Bologna declaration in which they undertake to create a European Higher Education Area. The creation of the European Higher Education Area should be completed by 2010.The main objectives of the Bologna declaration are to increase the mobility and employability of European higher education graduates thus ensuring competitiveness of European higher education on the world scale.
Fully respecting the richness of the European cultural diversity and thus also the diversity of higher education systems, Bologna declaration seeks to articulate the European higher education around two main cycles. Employability of graduates should be ensured already after the first cycle.
Mobility of graduates around the whole European Higher Education Area is only possible if recognition of degrees earned is ensured. This is supposed to be done through increasing transparency of educational systems and trust among the educational systems that in turn will be based upon quality assurance of programmes and institutions.
Issuing of of the Joint European Diploma Supplement to all graduates and usage of a credit system (ECTS or compatible) are seen as the main tools for transparency. While the European Credit transfer System (ECTS) in the past was used only for credit transfer after spending a study period at anothe rinstitution, it should now become a credit accumulation system. Besides credit accumulation in regular higher education programmes, such system should also provide possibilities to gain credits within informal and non-formal education, thus takinhg on board lifelong learning.
Bologna declaration aims to increase mobility of students and staff accross the European Higher Education Area. Achieving this goal will also require identification and solution of a number of social issues.
Addition of European dimension to programmes is another tool for reaching the Bologna goals. Establishing joint programmes and offereing degrees by institutions from different countries seems to support reaching severeal goals of Bologna declaration and will therefore be further developed.
The ministers have decided to meet every two years to
"- reconfirm the objectives,
- analyze the results and
- set guidelines for the next period".The first ministerial meeting after Bologna took place in Prague on May 17, 2001
The next ministerial meeting is scheduled on September 18 -19, 2003 in Berlin
(see Bologna-Berlin website).
Report of the intergovernmental Bologna follow-up group
to Berlin ministerial meeting
rapporteur Prof. Pavel Zgaga, Sep 2003Report of the intergovernmental Bologna follow-up group
to Prague ministerial meeting
rapporteur Pedro Lurtie, May 2001
Trends and Learning Structures in Higher Education III (pdf):
In MsWord - 7 files <1 2 3 4 5 6 7>
report reflecting Bologna process between the Ministerial meetings in Prague in 2001 and Berlin, 2003 by Sybille Reichert and Christian TauchTrends and Learning Structures in Higher Education II
report reflecting changes in the first 2 years of the process -
before Prague Ministerial meeting of 2001, by Guy Haug and Christian TauchTrends and Learning Structures in Higher Education I
pre-Bologna report by Guy Haug and Jette Kirstein, 1999
Other reports and surveysQualification structures in European Higher Education
report by S.Adam, March 2003Tertiary short cycle education in Europe
EURASHE report, 2003Tuning Educational structures in Europe
Tuning project report by H. Gonzales and R. WagenaarSurvey on the development of Master degrees and Joint degrees in Europe
report by C.Tauch and A.Rauhvargers, Sep 2002Recognition issues in the Bologna process
ENIC/NARIC working group, May 2001Student participation in the governance of higher education in Europe
Council of Europe survey, Annika Persson, Jun 2003
Country reports on implementation
of Bologna declaration